Aston University biostatistician Dr. Dan Green has identified the top ten errors he commonly sees in research papers in his work as a statistical reviewer for scientific and medical journals.

Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there ...

Writing a Successful Master's Research Paper in Anthropology By Janet McIntosh, Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University As a reminder, here is what the Graduate Handbook says about the ...

Any good research paper must have an argument, and any good essay must support its argument with evidence.

Grading Rubric: Final Research Paper Anthropology Distribution of paper grade determined by the five key components of a paper: Thesis and Motive (20%). Thesis: the paper's main arguments presented ...

Scientific papers are often structured chronologically, thus reflecting the progression of the research project. Still, effective papers typically break the chronology in several ways to present ...

This issue of Bioanalysis focuses on incurred sample reanalysis (ISR), with the aim of providing some examples of ISR failures and the ensuing investigations, to provide a greater shared experience.

Publish but be damned The race – a marathon, run with participants having staggered start times – continues to determine who can publish the most scientific research papers during their career.

In fact, many papers on biological laboratory techniques dominate the list of the most highly cited papers of all time, according to data provided to Nature by the multinational firm Clarivate ...

For example, between 2013 and 2015 the 100 most published authors in physics and astronomy from American research centres had an average of 311 papers each to their names.